Sunday, October 24, 2010

Spring Gardening



Its very rainy here today but our plants are loving it ...
DH this year tried to grow some things from seed and it has gone really well.... in our little hothouse/tray we have Zucchini, Spring Onions and Lettuce all growing beautifully :)
My Christmas Lily has made an appearance again , cant wait to see its beautiful flowers too.
In our garden beds i have planted beans, peas, capsicum, pumpkin and strawberries but its a bit wet to take pictures down there today .

Pennsylvania Dutch Block 12


Im a bit excited to have finished all the blocks on this quilt :)
I need to get into gear and get the sashing and borders done in the next couple of weeks.

Monday, October 11, 2010

I Heart Flowers


My gorgeous daughter Sienna spent her walk home from the bus stop picking me these lovely flowers.
She snuck them into the house and arranged them into an old coffee jar before presenting them to me ...... lovely girl!!!!!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Pies oh lovely Pies


Here are the final 7 pies of Block 2 Pie and Tarts ready to be appliqued onto there squares.
I love all the fabric used in this BOM so bright and out there. Now onto the tiny little tarts which come together really quickly.

To Be Read Books

After my WIP of sewing projects i decided to do a list of books that i have here ready to be read......

I'm going to TRY and not buy anymore books until this list is considerably shorter ( very hard task :P)

1/ What Alice Forgot- Alice Moriarty
2/ Death Mask- Kathryn Fox - Finished
3/ The Dead Of The Night- John Marsden-Finished-
4/ Breaking Dawn- Stephanie Meyer - Finished
5/ The Winding Ways Quilt- Jennifer Chiaverini
6/ The Runaway Quilt- Jennifer Chiaverini
7/ Atonement- Ian McEwan
8/ Faces- Martina Cole
9/ 7th Heaven- James Patterson
10/ The Story Of Danny Dunn- Bryce Courtney
11/ Covet- Tara Moss
12/ Road To Paradise- Paulliina Simons
13/ The Girl Next Door- Elizabeth Noble
14/ The Best of Times- Penny Vincenzi-Finished
15/ Women of The Outback- Sue Williams
16/ Centre Stage- Judy Nunn
17/ We of The Never Never- Mrs Aeneas Gunn
18/ Rules- Jane Beaton
19/ Perfect Skin- Nick Earls
20/ The Cross Country Quilters- Jennifer Chiaverini
21/ Red Desert Sky- John Lomax III
22/ Heritage- Judy Nunn
23/ ToyBoy- Holly Hill
24/ Knit Two- Kate Jacobs
25/ One Fifth Avenue- Candace Bushnell
26/ Eat Me- Linda Jaivin
27/ Now or Never- Penny Jordan
28/ Territory- Judy Nunn
29/ The Glitter Game- Judy Nunn
30/ White Gardenia- Belinda Alexandra
31/ Australia Street- Ann Whitehead
32/ Hopetoun Wives- Fran Cusworth-Finished

WIP

I have been going to do a WIP List since KAYSCHA posted hers a year ago but haven't got around to it :)
So Today MAREE threw out a similar challenge and so i have gone ahead and made my List........
Some things i haven't started so technically aren't WIPS Yet but if i have started or have a kit or the fabric ready to go it went on the list :)
Its in no particular order just as i came across them

So here we go....

1/ The World as it Should Be- Bookmark
2/ The World as it Should Be- MY World Needlecase
3/ Prairie Flower Pincushion
4/ Noah's Star Quilt Finished
5/ Down In The Garden BOM
6/ Life Is Beautiful BOM
7/ Pennsylvania Dutch BOM
8/ Pies and Tarts BOM
9/ Wool Pin Cushion
10/ Baby Nephew Quilt Finished
11/ Mums Dresden Plate cushions
12/ Melly and Me Butterfly
13/ My home cushion
14/ Square Dilly Bag Kit
15/ Cat Wall Hanging
16/ Friends forever Cushion
17/ Welcome to our nest Wall hanging
18/ A Gardeners Journal Quilt
19/ A Family Gathering Quilt
20/ Gail Pan Threads And Things Bag
21/ Lily Doll Quilt Finished
22/ EB Newbie Quilters Round Robin Quilt
23/ Gail Pan A Christmas Wish
24/ Making Tea Wall Hanging
25/ Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt

Only 25 Things not too many at all :)

A Gardeners Journal Block C




This Block has taken me so so long, I'm so happy to have it finished. The house was a mammoth stitching effort but i love how it looks finished !!! Blogger isnt playing nice and wont let me show the House Straight but anyways :)

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Kate Voegele - Wish You Were



One Tree Hill is one of my all time favourite shows and i just love this song xox Kate Voegele is an amazing song writer and has an even more amazing voice, if you haven't heard her before check her out.